joining me right now, democratic congressman john garamendi of california. he's also a member of the transportation and infrastructure committee. congressman, good afternoon. first, i want to get your reaction to that deadly attack, capitol hill police officer william evans, an 18-year veteran of the force, was killed. this was a time when congress was not there. schools -- school kids were not there, of course, because of the pandemic. but how does this heighten fears at the place that you go to work to every day? what are your safety concerns? >> well, first of all, it's just a great tragedy. this was a fellow that many of us knew, we often see him as he went about his work and as we went about ours. he was there protecting us and now he's been murdered. and it's a tragic situation. i have the good fortune, along with 435 and 100 members of the senate to have extraordinary protection in washington, d.c., but we noticed -- we certainly saw on january 6th that that was insufficient when an enraged mob attacked the capitol. and now we're seeing, i think, some

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joining me now is california congressman john garamendi, a democrat, member of the house armed services and transportation and infrastructure committees. congressman, we appreciate your time today. one of the recent mass shootings we know happened in georgia. another in colorado. and here we have congress members from both of those states sort of promoting guns without even a nod to say that there may need to be something done. when you see this sort of conversation, these statements happening, how does anybody hope for any gun reform when this is the narrative of the party on the other side? >> well, i noticed you were lost for words and i would be lost for words trying to explain what those two women are really thinking and what they're looking at the safety of their own constituency. all of these mass shootings are a result of people having guns. and to suggest that there can be no regulation at all is simply not factual, nor is it constitutional. there are regulations. there have been regulations. california has had some very strong and broad regulations of guns having to do with th

joining us now northern california congressman john garamendi congressman garamendi thank you for being back on inside california politics. >> i'm delighted to be with you certainly not delighted about this subject this is really tragic. so terribly sad.

none of this can happen without the approval of congress and bay area representative john garamendi saysrd. >> january 6. the capital became a target. and it's going to be that way for a while. this most recent so i wake up call. hey, guys, don't take a nap. we've got a problem here. not going to go away anytime soon. >> garamendi says he does not want the barbed wire security fence to return to the capitol. the task force also recommends a system of cameras sensors and alarms. keep the building secure and open. making the issue more urgent is the chairman of the capitol police union. he's warning of a possible exodus from the department right now. the department is down by more than 200 officers. it's authorized to have 2000, many young officers have reportedly said that they're actively looking to leave and moved to other agencies. another big story we're following this monday night. the derek chauvin trial has entered its second week of testimony. >> today, we heard from the emergency room doctor who pronounced to george floyd dead after trying to resuscitate him. also today we heard

. >> let's turn to democratic california congressman john garamendi. thank you for coming on. i'd like to start where gillian left off. especially you were one of the members of congress who worked with the white house to put together this new spending bill, the infrastructure bill as some folks are calling it and now to get it passed and to get it through congress on capitol hill. >> sure. >> let's start with one of the biggest criticisms coming from republicans. they say when you really dig into the details of this bill, that a lot of the stuff in it has nothing to do with infrastructure. and let me just pop up some bullet points to show you what i'm talking about. we've got about $213 billion directed at home sustainability and public housing, 174 in electric vehicles, 400 billion on home-based care for the elderly and disabled. 50 billion for research infrastructure. so what is your explanation? how do these things qualify as infrastructure? >> well, if you define infrastructure as concrete pavement for highways, obviously, that is not what those expenditures are. but you